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Top free MP3 apps: alternatives to iTunes and WMP

Top free MP3 apps: alternatives to iTunes and WMP

Sick of Windows Media Player? Over iTunes? Here are three free alternatives for your music management needs.

24/04/2008 02:16 PM

Does streaming lift music sales?

Does streaming lift music sales?

Free streaming music turns people on to new music and encourages them to buy, says social-networking site Last.fm. In the music industry, this will not come as a huge revelation.

10/04/2008 10:47 AM

Free apps for organising and tagging your MP3s

Free apps for organising and tagging your MP3s

Too many messily named MP3s cluttering up your hard drive? Neaten up your songs with one of these apps.

22/02/2008 01:17 PM

Top free CD/DVD burning apps

Top free CD/DVD burning apps

Want a quick and dirty app for burning CDs on the cheap? Here are three free options for your music and data desires.

25/01/2008 10:44 AM

Ditch the disc: A guide to online music and videos in Australia

Ditch the disc: A guide to online music and videos in Australia

CDs and DVDs are like so 1990s, man. If you're ready to ditch the disc and want to disco over to digital, then check out CNET.com.au's list of the major online media stores in Australia.

16/01/2008 01:52 PM

iTunes: Just how random is random?

iTunes: Just how random is random?

Think that song has appeared in your playlists just a few too many times? David Braue puts the randomness of Apple's song shuffling to the test -- and finds some surprising results.

08/03/2007 06:21 PM

MP3 blogs: For some great music online

MP3 blogs: For some great music online

If you've been wondering where's a good place to sample new music other than the iTunes Music Store, here's a treat for your eardrums.

14/02/2007 04:28 PM

It's the new social: Music discovery services

It's the new social: Music discovery services

By the time the Zune hits Australia's shores (if ever), the social would have gone to bed. Here's our primer on how to search for free music online.

08/02/2007 01:49 PM

Favourite iPodware

Favourite iPodware

If you can't wait around for iTunes to add iPod-to-PC backup functionality or convert your movies, check out these apps for enhancing the ubiquitous audio and video player.

02/02/2007 11:34 AM

Mobile Essentials: Great downloads for people on the go

If you're always on the move, check out these essential downloads for your Treo, BlackBerry or Apple iPod.

28/04/2006 12:01 PM

Photos: A faux-rap battle rages  Image Gallery

As Hollywood adapts to online realities, video-sharing sites could soon face a day of reckoning.

14/03/2006 02:51 PM

Photos: Sneak peek at Windows Media Player 11 for Vista  Image Gallery

At CES 2006, we saw a demo of Windows Media Player 11, which boasts a cleaner and more logical design as well as snappier performance. Check out screenshots from the latest build of WMP 11 for Vista.

28/02/2006 05:46 PM

Photos: Classic rock online  Image Gallery

Entrepreneur is putting thousands of hours of unheard Hendrix, Dead and other Bill Graham-promoted shows online.

22/02/2006 12:01 PM

iTunes Music Store: An Australian Guide

Complete with a full review of iTunes 6.0, reviews of the video-capable iPods, answers to FAQs, plus other on-line music buying options.

25/10/2005 04:01 PM

Get free, legal MP3s

Looking for new music but don't want to drop a lot of dough on MP3s from online music stores? Use one of these four stream-ripping apps to record Internet radio and pull out the MP3s you want. One even works with Mac OS X and iTunes, so you can put the new music on your iPod.

19/09/2005 03:21 PM

Ditch the disc: A guide to online music in Australia

CDs are like so 1990s, man. If you’re ready to ditch the disc, check out CNET.com.au’s list of on-line music stores in Australia.

02/05/2005 02:28 PM

A Podcasting Primer

Heard the buzz on podcasting? We explain how you can get started, as well as how to search for podcasts and create your own.

29/04/2005 03:23 PM

Media player mini guide

We've compared seven free media jukeboxes - which one best suits your music and video needs?

14/01/2005 01:38 PM

Australian court case tackles illegal P2P file sharing

The largest copyright infringement case in Australian history sees Sydney-based Sharman Networks and other "respondents" involved with peer-to-peer software Kazaa face 30 record company "applicants" from Australia, North America and Europe. The outcome could impact pending lawsuits in the US, and indeed alter the course of the music industry.

09/12/2004 02:55 PM

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      If you want good music — right now, with minimal effort, wherever you are (so long as you have an Internet connection) — there's no reason not to take the Slacker Web Player for a spin.

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      PumpOne PumpedForLife Level 1

      iPod owners with a gym membership and a hankering to get in shape will be well served by PumpOne's PumpedForLife fitness software.

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      SlySoft CloneDVD Mobile

      SlySoft CloneDVD Mobile excels at copying and reformatting nonprotected DVD video for iPod use, although it can't touch commercial discs.

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      Talking Panda iRocker

      Talking Panda's iRocker won't turn you into a guitar-shredding virtuoso overnight, but it can teach you enough to start writing your own songs.

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      musikCube

      musikCube is a fine, reliable, all-in-one jukebox program for Windows users who dislike DRM and bloated software.

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